Southeast Alliance
Peggy Willcuts
Co-Director Southeast Washington LASER Alliance
Science Coordinator / Walla Walla School District
421 S. 4th Street
Walla Walla, WA 99362
Voice: 509-526-8521
Fax: 509-527-3011
pwillcuts@wwps.org
Kathy Fisk
Co-Director Southeast Washington LASER Alliance
Math /Science Curriculum Specialist
Kennewick School District
Voice: 509-222-6284
Fax: 509-222-5050
kathy.fisk@ksd.org
Holly C. Hollis
Program Manager
Battelle Science Resource Center
201 S. Garfield
Kennewick, WA 99336
Voice: 509-222-6888
Fax: 509-222-5064
holly.hollis@ksd.org
Michele McMillan
Science Specialist
Kennewick School District
Voice: 509-222-6465
Fax: 509-222-5064
Michele.mcmillan@ksd.org
The Battelle Science Resource Center (SRC) is the regional support center for southeastern Washington. It is located at 200 S. Fruitland in Kennewick, Washington.
Recently, the Battelle Science Resource Center expanded its lending and refurbishment services to other area schools and neighboring districts in the ESD 123 region. We now serve the K-8 classrooms in sixteen area school districts.
This LASER supported regional science center works in conjunction with WSU/Tri-Cities, Whitman College, the sixteen vested school districts in our Alliance and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Battelle).
The goal of the Battelle Science Resource Center is to deliver quality inquiry-based science kits to classrooms, provide ongoing in-service training for teachers, and refurbish each kit in a timely manner.
Vision: To provide opportunities for all K-8 students to participate in a developmentally appropriate, inquiry-based science program that uses a teaching/learning model that parallels the way scientists and engineers uncover knowledge and solve problems.
Southeast Washington LASER Alliance
200 S. Fruitland
Kennewick, WA 99336
Traveling from the Yakima area on I-82 to Kennewick, take Exit 102. Head north on Hwy I-182. Take Exit 5A, heading to Kennewick on Hwy 240. Follow Hwy 240 about 8 miles. Watch for the City Center/Hospital signs. Continue on Columbia Drive, turn right at the light at Fruitland St. Go about 1 mile At the “T” in the road you’ll see the school in view. Turn right and immediately get in the left turn lane. Turn left onto Garfield St. Turn left again into the Fruitland parking lot. Go around to the SE entrance. The Regional Science Support Center sign is on the SE corner of the Fruitland Bldg. Our office is Room 11.
From Hwy 395 entering Pasco, follow signs to Kennewick/Umatilla. Take Exit 12 A, follow cloverleaf, cross the Blue Bridge, stay in the right lane. Take the Kennewick/Umatilla exit. Take the next exit called Columbia Drive/ Port of Kennewick and follow Columbia Dr. to the first light. Turn right onto Fruitland. Travel about a mile At the “T” in the road you’ll see the school in view. Turn right and immediately get in the left turn lane. Turn left onto Garfield St. Turn left again into the Fruitland parking lot. Go around to the SE entrance. The Regional Science Support Center sign is on the SE corner of the Fruitland Bldg. Our office is Room 11.
From Highway 12, come into town, following signs to Kennewick/Umatilla. Take Exit 12 A, following the cloverleaf. Cross the Blue Bridge, stay in the right lane. Take the Kennewick/Umatilla exit. Take the next exit called Columbia Drive/ Port of Kennewick and follow Columbia Dr. to the first light. Turn right onto Fruitland. Travel about a mile. At the “T” in the road you’ll see the school in view. Turn right and immediately get in the left turn lane. Turn left onto Garfield St. Turn left again into the Fruitland parking lot. Go around to the SE entrance. The Regional Science Support Center sign is on the SE corner of the Fruitland Bldg. Our office is Room 11.
From Oregon traveling I-84 to Kennewick, take Exit 113. Go thru 2 lights, turn right at the light at 10 th Ave. Follow 10 th Ave. passing through 3 more lights. Turn left at the light at Garfield. Go several blocks, turn right into the Lampson Stadium parking lot. The SRC is located at the southeast corner of the ‘old tan’ Fruitland Bldg. (a regional science materials center sign is on the SE wall of the building.) Our office is Rm. 11.
Contact Staff for additional information regarding the Alliance.